If you feel like trying a slightly different dish, fresh, light, tasty and rich in vitamins, try the orange salad!
An unusual idea to bring to the table this season – fruit that is so good and rich in vitamins and minerals! Oranges can be used to prepare many dishes both sweet and savory, but in salads, it expresses itself at its very best. You’ve gotta try it to believe it.
We suggest choosing oranges with thin skin, more suitable for juices than the oranges meant to be eaten in slices. Use only high-quality ingredients for a really special dish even if the ingredients are so simple. Your guests will be speechless!
So here are five orange salads to prepare as an appetizer, main course or even an entrée on its own. Accompany these dishes with white wine and warm toasted bread topped with a drizzle of oil. Buon appetito!
Orange and fennel
The classic option for an orange salad. Remove the outer skin of the orange with a sharp knife. Cut the pulp into fairly thin slices and serve them in a large tray with slices of fennel, taggiasca olives, and red onion. Some also like to add anchovies in the mix. Season with salt, oil, and pepper.
Orange and avocado
A truly perfect combination – because the creamy avocado mixes oh-so-well with the orange’s acidity for a perfect flavor combination. Cut the pulp into slices and mix with avocado slices, sprouts or salad with soft leaves like songino and finish it off with some salmon slices or cubes of primosale. To make it even more spectacular, add pomegranate seeds.
Orange and chicken
This salad is an excellent second course that is usually enjoyed by even the most skeptical, those who do not like risky combinations with fruit in salty dishes. Grill chicken breast slices, salt, pepper and finish with chopped herbs. Then serve with orange slices, chopped celery, and black olives. Season with oil, salt and pepper, and a little lemon juice.
Orange and spinach
A truly seasonal salad because it is full of strong flavors like gorgonzola and nuts. Choose fresh spinach that is on the soft side, wash it well and cut leaves for a salad. Season with oil, salt and pepper and serve with slices of orange, gorgonzola, walnuts and if you like, add some firm persimmons, cut into thin slices.
Oranges and prawns
This very exotic salad is perfect for the start of a seafood dinner or for an evening for two to impress your partner with an unusual dish that’s pretty to look at too! Serve salad inside a drained orange or in a bowl of crystals for a beautiful aesthetic effect. Cut the orange slices and accompany them with avocado cubes, mango, and prawns lightly blanched in boiling water. Season with oil, salt, pepper, lemon juice or lime and if you like add chopped coriander.